Zoosystematics and Evolution (Pensoft)
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Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
The body of the worm tapers posteriorly into a flat cauda (paratype), the tunic is thin, without sediment particles, blackish.
The dorsal shield is flat, without depression or a projection.
Daylithos amamiensis is found in holes of Acropora stony corals (Acroporidae).
Etymology
This species is named after the locality Amami Oshima.
Literature reference:
Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
The body of the worm tapers posteriorly into a flat cauda (paratype), the tunic is thin, without sediment particles, blackish.
The dorsal shield is flat, without depression or a projection.
Daylithos amamiensis is found in holes of Acropora stony corals (Acroporidae).
Etymology
This species is named after the locality Amami Oshima.
Literature reference:
Members of the genus Daylithos Salazar-Vallejo, 2012, are flabelligerid species that bore into rocks and corals.
Their head has a hard, sandy part called the dorsal shield, which is as wide as the tunnel and functions like a lid.
Since they live in rocks and corals, they are distributed by aquarium stores as a byproduct of the coral trade in areas outside their normal range.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
